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EMILY ROBERTS AND ASHLY IBARRA

SHOULD SOMERVILLE IMPLEMENT MORE PROTECTED BIKE LANES?

“The thing that keeps people from biking is just being scared of doing it.” Commuting comes in many forms. The greater Boston area is accessible through personal vehicles, buses, trains, rideshare apps and even ferries. However, biking stands out among many residents as a reliable, economic and sustainable way to

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EMILY ROBERTS AND ASHLY IBARRA January 12, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: TO TEAR DOWN A HIGHWAY

Image by Utile Design Pols and advocates discuss what it could mean to take down the McGrath overpass The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the last in a series about

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 21, 2021
Joan Liu Stephanie Galaitsi and Emily Vides

OPINION: ANOTHER SOMERVILLE CRASH SHOWS COST OF STATE’S INACTION ON TRAFFIC SAFETY

“Did MassDOT finish the work that they agreed was necessary to implement this year to avoid more harm?” On Dec. 6, Livable Streets hosted Jamey Tesler, Secretary of Transportation and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to discuss MassDOT’s efforts to make streets safer for people. “Tell us

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Joan Liu Stephanie Galaitsi and Emily Vides December 21, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: December 7, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Commemorating lives lost due to COVID, the College Avenue Mobility Improvements Project, and an Illuminations Bike Tour Survey SOMERVILLE LOCAL NEWS SURVEY The Somerville Wire is part of the Somerville News Garden project of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. News garden volunteers and BINJ staffers are trying to figure

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 7, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: ON THE I-93 SOUND WALL STUDY

The new MassDOT project is seen as both a step forward and a long overdue move The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the second to last in a series about

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 7, 2021
DAN ATKINSON

MORE TICKETS, MORE TOWS, MORE FEES

Boston aims to beef up parking enforcement. We took a deep dive into the request for proposal to forecast their highly profitable plans. Boston officials are looking to upgrade the city’s massive parking enforcement management system, which brings in $60 million a year through more than a million parking tickets

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DAN ATKINSON November 23, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HIGHWAY

How immigrants and working-class people have been impacted by I-93, across the years The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the fourth in a series about how roadways like I-93 and

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN November 16, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

UNCLAIMED BIKES COULD BE REDISTRIBUTED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC GOOD

What happens to abandoned bicycles? The City Council is working to see if they can be repurposed

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN October 5, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: ARE MASSDOT’S SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ENOUGH?

This past June, MassDOT announced that it would address safety concerns connected to East Somerville’s highways

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 17, 2021
SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF

SOMERVILLE WIRE GETS KOZIK ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REPORTING GRANT

BINJ will be publishing a six-part series on public health issues affecting East Somerville.

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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF August 15, 2021
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